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| Thursday, January 11, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM | |||
| Galeries 5 & 6 (New Orleans Marriott) | |||
| Cotton Economics and Marketing - Thursday Afternoon Session | |||
| Presiding: | Phillip Johnson, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX | ||
| 1:30 PM | Spillover Effects of the Biofuel Revolution on the U.S. Cotton Industry   J. Mark Welch, Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan and Mohamadou L. Fadiga, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX | ||
| 1:45 PM | Impacts of Decreasing Cottonseed to Lint Ratio on Cottonseed Markets Donna M. Mitchell1, Jeff Johnson2 and Curtis Wilde1, (1)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX | ||
| 2:00 PM | Why is World Cotton Area High Despite Low International Prices? Armelle Gručre, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Washington, DC | ||
| 2:15 PM | U.S. Pima Crop Marches to a Beat of a Growing Demand Matthew Laughlin, J. G. Boswell Company, Pasadena, CA | ||
| 2:30 PM | Impact of Crop Insurance Provisions on Cotton Planting Decisions in the Texas Coastal Bend Lawrence L. Falconer, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Corpus Christi, TX and Luis Ribera, Texas Cooperative Extension, Corpus Christi, TX | ||
| 2:45 PM | Normal Backwardation and the U.S. Cotton Futures Market (1986-2006) Marissa Joyce Chavez, John R. Robinson and Victoria Salin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX | ||
| 3:00 PM | Is There A “Right” Time To Buy Options Pre-harvest? Charles E. Curtis, Olga Isengildina-Massa and Andrew Hummel, Clemson University, Clemson, SC | ||
| 3:15 PM | Cotton Marketer of the Year Award, Cotton Grower Magazine; Tim Barry, New York Board of Trade; O.A. Cleveland, Professor Emeritus and Chairman of the Selection Committee | ||
| 3:30 PM | Break | ||
| 4:00 PM | Economy-wide Impacts of Bt Cotton George Frisvold, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jeanne M. Reeves, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC | ||
| 4:15 PM | The Comparative Advantage of U.S. Upland Cotton Production in 1980-2005 Monty Young, Mark Yu, Frank Ewell and Milan Dujka, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX | ||
| 4:30 PM | Alternative Appreciation Paths for China: the Differential Impact of Exchange Rate and Inflation Adjustments Gary Raines1, Ralph Seeley2 and Michael Price2, (1)FCStone LLC, Nashville, TN, (2)USDA, Economic Research Service, Washington, DC | ||
| 4:45 PM | Cotton Basis: Regional and Seasonal Differences Ya Wu1, Lewell F. Gunter1 and W. Don Shurley2, (1)University of Georgia, Athens, GA, (2)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA | ||
| 5:00 PM | Discussion, Carol Skelly, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA | ||
| Sponsor: | Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference | ||
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